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- J. M. KRIESER.

APPARATUS FOR VAPORIZING LIQUIDS.

No. 384,768. A Patented June 19, 1888-.

UNIT-ED STATES J. MQRITZ KRIESER, or

, PATENT OF ICE,

BROOKLYN, assreivou To run MYSTIC OIL COM- Party, or new roam-1v. v;

APPARATUS FOR vAPoRrz me uauios.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,168, dated June :19, 1888. Application tiled December 17. 1356 Serial No. 221,859. No modch) To all whom, it may concern;

Be it'known that l, .T. Mourrz Kun-zseu, a

resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new .and useful-Improvement in Apparatus for Vathe heavier vapors and particles of liquidinsuspension which are carried off with the lighter vapors properly delivered at the various stages of distillation.

Various means and cxpedients have, been devised prior to my invention tora'rrcsting and returning the heavier vaporsand unevaporated liquids to the still. In most cases such vapors or liquids are composed in part of matters so volatile as to give oil light vapors during the period of transit back to the still. Means are provided, as hereinafter explained, for conducting away such vapors and mingling them with the similar vapors passing oil from the still.

The invent-ion consists, further, in certain details of enstrnetion and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth.

The accompanying drawing represents in vertical section an apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention.

The still A is provided with a dome, 4, through which pass the vapors rising from the still. llircctly above the latter is a shallow vessel or chamber, 5, and above thata vaporchamber, 9. The dome 4 passes up into the vapor-chamber 9, and is there surmounted by a deflecting-cap, 8, against which the ascending vapors strike, and by which they are de fleet-ed downward outside the dome 4 to the bottom of chamber 9. The liquid particles and condensed vapors will collect in the bottom of this chamber, and will [low-by the short tubes 12 into the"shallow chamber 5, while the lighter vapors ascend in a dry conditioi. through chamber 9 and pass elf by pipe 10.

' Owing to the proximity of chamberti to the still, the heat derived from the latter causesa gentle distillation in said chamber sufiicient to separate the light vapors from the heavy vapot and liquidJThe pipes 13 conduct away 55 these disengaged vapors to the top of the vapen-chamber 9, whence they pass off through pipe 10. The condensed vapors return by pipes-6 to the still.

inasmuch as the vapors passlng out through 6 A the pipe 10 may still nont-ain'heavy vapors nncondensed and partiles of liquid insuspension,,turther means for arresting and returning these-are desirable. As shown in the draw- --ing-, -1 provide a series of vessels, l4 in, one 6 above another, through which successively the vapors pass. Each vessel has an arresting-plate, 16, placed over the inlet to said vessel. The tops of these vessels are made slightly concave to fdrm traps or basins. A water- 70 pipe, 18, discharges a regulated amount of water into the top trap or basin, and the waterovertlowing trickles downt-he outside of vesset 15 into the lower trap or basin, and is conducted away by pipe 19. The temperature of 75 the water is thus raised as-it passes from one basin to the next. The eiiectot the traps 0r basins with theirsuccessive dilferen'ees of temperature aids materially in arresting the unevnporated liquid and in retarding the denser vapors, and under all conditions the traps orbasins contribute to the dryness of the escaping vapor and to the uniformity of the grade delivered at any one period of the distillation. .The pipe 21 is for supplyingliquid to thestill. and pipe 22 for drawing ed the residuum as may be required; It is obvious that parts of the invention may be used without the whole, and that modifieations in details of construction maybe. made 0 within wide limits without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I do not claim herein any construction or improvement claimed in my pending application'of even date, No. 221,611. 5

I claim a 1. The combination, with the still, of the shallow chamber above the still and contigu- I one thereto, the vapor-chamber, the pipe 4,

i leading from the still to the vapor-chamber, I00

the arresting-cap above pipe-for arresting the current 05 taper and projecting it dqwnward, the pipes leading from the shallow chamber to the upper part of the vapor-chamber, and the returnpipes leading from the shallow chamber to the still, substantially as described.

2. In a, petroleum-distilling apparatus, the

combination of the still,the dome or dischargepipe, the shallow chamber abovethe still, the vapor-chamber above the shallow chamber, the pipes leading from the shallow chamber to the top of the vapor-chamber, means, such as the arrestingeap 8' and return-pipes 1.2 and (S,

' for arresting and returning the principal pertion of-the heavy vapors and nnevaporated liquid, the series of vessels having concave tops and'level rims, forming basins or traps,

arranged one above the other, so that water overflowing the top basin will trickle down the sides of the vessel and the intervening pipe to the next beneath, a pipe for flowing. e'old wnteron to the upper trnp,and a pipe for earryi ng, it away from the lower one,substantiall y as described. v

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. MORI'IZ KRIESER.

Witnesses:

PHILIP MAURO, A. PoLLoK. 

